Compassion is the greatest quality - Amma
May 12, 2007
ABC News 20/20 Primetme featured Amma in a segment called "The
Power of Faith."
- The ABC reporter went for his hug. He commented (due to the
large crowd)that though the hug did not last for more than 30 seconds,
it felt good, like he had been hugged by a thousand grandmothers...
.
A brief excerpt from the piece on Amma:
"In the south of India lives a woman who has dedicated her
life to helping others through the simplest of gestures -- an embrace...
Through 16 straight hours, Amma hugged each and every person while
offering advice and guidance to many troubled hearts.
She is not selling salvation or offering physical healing or a chance
at prosperity. Instead, Amma seems to have tapped into a deep and
essential human need -- the need for affection and the human touch.
Amma has inspired and started many humanitarian services, from
charities and orphanages, and founded an 800-bed hospital, schools
of higher education and soup kitchens at home and abroad.
Her devotion to her cause is reflected in her followers."
For the complete article:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3153307
M.A.Math helps to bring pure water to the poor
May 10, 2007
 The
M.A.Math sponsored the supply of pure drinking water to sustain
19,000 people ( about 7100 families) who were either living below
poverty line, fishermen or were disadvantaged sections of the society.
The M.A.Math paid the water supply fees of 33,00000 Indian Rupees
( approx 80,400 USD) to the Kerala Water Resource Minister, Mr.M.K.
Premachandran. The program involves the purification and distribution
of water from the Shastamkotta Backwaters in Kerala, India.
On receiving the check from the Vice-chairman, Swami Amritaswarupananda
of M.A.Math, Minister Premachandran said,
"Mata Amritanandamayi Math's contribution to the social water-supply
scheme is unparalleled."
He also also praised the massive tsunami-relief work. of the Math.
M.A.Math builds a home for working women
May 4, 2007
At the Brahmasthanam Festival in Trissur, the new Amrita Nilayam
Working Women’s Hostel was inaugurated by the city’s
mayor, Professor R. Bindu. The aim of the hostel is to provide safe
living quarters for women working in the city.
Professor Bindu said:
“There is no doubt about it, Amma is using all the financial
and
intellectual resources of her organization for the welfare of
society...Amma’s mission is providing invaluable support in
the
fields of health and education, and is a great asset to society.
With
its ability to organize effectively and bring together people of
diverse backgrounds for a common cause, the Ashram is able to carry
out so many charitable activities. A few minutes ago, Amma told
me,
‘Compassion is the greatest quality.’ May her mission
be able to
create a torrential flow of compassion among human beings. In this
age where human beings have become like individual islands, the
desire for self-transformation has brought so many people together
here. Amma is at the hub of that desire for transformation. She
is
the central attraction which brings all these people together. To
her, I offer my pranams.”
--Professor R. Bindu. Mayor of Trissur, Kerala
Renowned Kerala playwright, screenwriter and novelist Sri. P.R.
Nathan was also on hand to release the official program souvenir.
He said, “I met Amma 20 years ago. Her words have influenced
me so much. They are reflected in my stories, poems, and screenplays.
I will try to consolidate what I learned from Amma in one or two
lines: The message all beings in the world give us is a message
of service. From the time we get up in the morning, the sun rises,
the coconut tree, the
cow—all animals and beings are doing service. We give what
we don’t
want to the cow—waste food and hay—and we take what
we want—milk.
When all beings in this world display the attitude of service,
shouldn’t human beings also have this attitude of service?
This is what Amma asked me 20 years ago. Amma also helped me to
learn that love is something that should be given always. You don’t
have a right to complain that you didn’t receive love. You,
who are the embodiment of love, should give love always. That is
Amma’s message. We can recognize this message in Amma’s
each and every action.”
Amrita Health Card Program
Apr 28, 2007
Through the Amrita Health Card Program, families living around AIMS
will be provided free medical aid up to Rs 10,000 per year. Member
of the Legislative Assembly Sri. K. Babu and Professor K.V. Thomas
distributed a number of Health Care Cards on behalf of M.A.Math
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